Hosni Mubarak vows to stand down at next election – but not now

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's announcement that he will serve out remaining term immediately rejected by angry crowds Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak said: 'I will die on the soil of Egypt and be judged by history.' Photograph: AFP/Getty Images Egypt's embattled president Hosni Mubarak has bowed to the pressure of millions of people massing on the streets, pledging to step down at the next election and pave the way for a new leader of the Arab world's largest country. Mubarak, effectively abandoned by the US in a day of fast moving developments, said he would not be a candidate for a seventh term but would remain in power to oversee...

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